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Awanyu effigy
Southwest pueblo, US
Unknown
1.5 inches (3.8 cm) high, 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide, 6 inches long (15.2 cm)
Early to mid-20th century
Ex private collection, Oakland, CA; ex Dave DeRoche, CA
An old wood? carving, probably an Avanyu, from a Southwest pueblo. The avanyu is a feathered or scaled water serpent deity in Tewa culture, guardian of water, rivers, lightning and rain.
#5218
$500
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